Sentences with phrase «public employee union»

All a decision for the plaintiffs would have done is allow voluntary public employee union participation.

According to the piece, public employee union leaders and community organizations gathered in Washington, D.C. in 2014 and came up with a 3 - point plan: use the bargaining process as a way to challenge the relationships between government and the private - sector; work with community allies to create new, shared goals that help advance both worker and citizen power; and recognize militancy and collective action will likely be necessary if workers and citizens are to reduce inequality and strengthen democracy.

The election would also allow workers to select another public employee union to take its place.»

On Top of the News Supreme Court deadlocks over public employee union case; Calif. teachers must pay dues The Washington Post 03/29/2016

«No one has a big interest in the tax component,» one Albany insider said, adding that there was a growing belief in the state capitol that the tax increases were a surreptitious way of funding the city's looming public employee union contracts.

PEF is the state's second largest public employee union representing about 55,000 mostly white collar workers.

Last week I testified before the General Assembly on a bill that would make it a crime for a public official or state employee to receive more than $ 1,000 from a state contractor, public employee union, lobbyist or a business that is paid to lobby for others.

PEF is the state's second largest public employee union, representing approximately 54,000 professional, scientific and technical employees of New York State and other public and private employers.

The governor once planned to run for president based on his ability to attract broad support in blue - state New Jersey, but the poll showed him losing support he once enjoyed among independents, women and public employee union households.

But Jerry Laricchiuta, president of Civil Service Employees Association Local 830, the county's largest public employee union, said NIFA «has to take a step back.»

New York, NY — Today, New York City's largest public employee union, District Council 37, gathered for a forum to discuss environmental justice and fossil fuel divestment.

Kurland's endorsements thus far include public employee union District Council 37 and the Women's Democratic Club of New York.

Among those that have called on the Governor to restore the cuts was Henry Garrido, Executive Director of DC 37, the city's largest public employee union, which claims 121,000 members and 50,000 retirees.

The anti-tax Club for Growth has endorsed Neumann in Wisconsin, and Fitzgerald played a major role in last year's legislative efforts to gut public employee union power.

No matter how much I like the message or the platform, all I can see the Democrats doing is continuing to transfer tax payer money to the public employee union thugs.

NYC's Largest Public Employee Union Explores Fossil Fuel Divestment District Council 37 forum focuses on environmental justice and divestment from fossil fuels New York, NY — Today, New York City's largest public employee union, District Council 37, gathered for a -LSB-...]

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The leader of the state's largest public employee union says the workers are willing to make financial concessions to Gov. Scott Walker but will not give up their collective bargaining rights.

Local Democratic town committees dominated by public employee union members can also exert a restraint on sensible instincts.

DC 37 is New York City's largest public employee union, representing 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees.

You exhibit the deluded union thinking I've come to see a lot from public employee union members.

Incredibly, the bill ended up passing both the Senate (62 - 0) and the Assembly (121 - 0) without a single dissenting vote — a disturbing sign of the Legislature's weak and pandering approach to public employee union issues in general.

[i] Enacted in 1982, the amendment mandates that all provisions of a public employee union contract — including those providing for automatic annual pay increases — must remain in effect even after the contract expires, regardless of changing local priorities and fiscal conditions.

The original Tier 6 bill itself contained a clause allowing any public employee union, including those representing court officers, to petition the governor for a restoration of early retirement at age 57, but only on the condition that the added cost would be covered by added employee contributions.

Legislators are suffering a backlash from those last two votes, from the state's largest public employee union.

* GOP's union - busting drive alienating cops and firefighters: Relatedly, Politico on an important trend: Public safety workers, who were once reliably Republican - leaning, are now turning on the party in response to the public employee union busting of GOP governors, with potentially far - reaching political ramifications.

This public employee union is nothing more than a sham democratic party run leadership operation who coercively takes money from its members and spends it on their own personal politics.

How is Andrew Cuomo going to cut the public employee union pension deals that are bankrupting New York State?

We want you to be part of New York City's largest public employee union, with 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees.

The Senate President worked with public employee union leaders to draft the amendment, and remains committed to its passage today.

«The contract with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and other school administrators and District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union, expired in March 2010.

Wouldn't it be fun to see Paladino take on the NY public employee union loafers, the thieving thugs that support Cuomo and Obama.

In advance of this evening's candidate's forum at Pregones Theater, Rafael Salamanca, Jr. netted the endorsement of DC 37, New York's largest public employee union.

CSEA, the county's largest public employee union, has been working without a contract since the end of 2012.

Last week the incumbent snared a key endorsement from the AFSCME public employee union, which his backers label important because he is a Republican wading into normally Democratic waters.

Members of DC 37, New York City's largest public employee union, have upheld their executive committee's May 22 unanimous vote of NYC Councilman Charles Barron, handing him his lone union endorsement in his Democratic primary battle with Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries in NY - 8.

Looks like the state's # 2 public employee union is not ready to follow CSEA's lead and agree to a new contract deal.

Over 50 religious leaders, have already come out in support of Comrie and he recently picked up the endorsement of District Council 37 (DC37), New York City's Largest Public Employee Union and the Organization of Staff Analysts (OSA) Union.

Danny Donohue, president of New York's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is coming off a tough election battle, running to be leader of the national union AFSCME.

«Solidarity, right now, has taken on a new meaning,» agreed Jahmila Joseph, Assistant Associate Director of DC 37, the city's largest municipal public employee union which counts over 51 local unions and over 125,000 members.

Public employee union leaders slammed Gov. David Paterson for giving five of his staffers big raises as he pushed a furlough plan for state workers.

The NYC $ 15 million dollar subsidizing of union reps shows how hard it is to challenge public employee union leadership.

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is touting his endorsement today by DC37, NYC's largest municipal public employee union and one of the few labor organizations with a sizable, well - organized field operation.

Some are just a convenient scapegoat by public employees unions that are seeing their benefits cut.

The public employee unions are the shadow bosses of the Democrat Party.

State lawmakers admitted they would pick furloughs - and infuriated public employee unions — over a government shutdown.

Silver is the hand - puppet of the trial lawyers, teachers» unions, and public employee unions.

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

Gov. David Paterson this morning lambasted public employee unions for making an issue of the $ 42,000 worth of raises he granted — and subsequently rescinded — to five members of his own staff at a time when he was pushing for a furlough for state workers.

If he wins, get ready for another four years of investigations of the Governor since the public employee unions won't give an inch, and Schneiderman will be with them every step of the way.

Gov. David Paterson said his administration will not appeal US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn's decision granting a preliminary injunction to block his furlough plan, and said he will again ask public employee unions to accept a pay lag instead of moving straight to layoffs.